Tony Pulis demands five new West Brom signings following new contract

WEST BROM head coach Tony Pulis is confident of celebrating his new deal with five new signings.

Tony Pulis recently signed a new deal with West Brom extending his stay to 2019

Pulis, 59, who was under contract for another 12 months, is set to remain at The Hawthorns to 2019 after extending his stay by a year and is confident his targets will be on board by the end of the month.

This summer Albion’s only signings have been Egypt centre back Ahmed Hegazy on loan from Al Ahly and Jay Rodriguez from Southampton for £12m.

Other deals have become dragged out but the Welshman is not fretting.

“I’ve got full confidence we can bring in the players we need,” he said. "Gary (Megson, assistant head coach) has said we’ve got five targets,” said Pulis. “John (Williams, chairman) is working tirelessly to get those deals over the line.”

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As well as bringing in the veteran England frontman Jermain Defoe, Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe has also been able to acquire the services of goalkeeper Asmir Begovic and defender Nathan Ake, in a £20million deal, from Chelsea as the south-coast club step up their ambitions to become established among the Premier League elite.

“Sometimes it doesn’t work to plan, but this summer we have been fortunate to get the guys in early and work with them from the start of pre-season,” said Howe .

“We are a smaller, tighter squad then we were at this stage last season but I think the quality is higher and that could be a key difference.”